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1948
1948 - 1067.PDF
JULY 15TH, S94I, ^948 FLIGHT 61 <&r R. Dobson's R.Aux.A.F. Post SIR ROY DOBSON, managing directorof A. V. Roe, Ltd., has been ap-pointed Honorary Air Commodore of No. O13 (City of Manchester) Squadron, Koyal Auxiliary Air Force in succession to the late Lord Derby. Theseus Still Going THE "sealed" endurance test of theBristol Theseus turboprop powerunit, referred to in Flight July 8th, is approaching twice the target figure of 250 hours. As we go to press it is learned that the highly creditable time of 490 hours test running has been completed without any non-scheduled stop. If, as seems certain, the 500-hour mark is passed, a small celebration is to be held at Bristols. Hawker Test Pilots FOLLOWING the appointment of Mr."Bill" Humble, previously chief test pilot of Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., to the position of sales manager, as reported in Flight, June 24th, Mr. T. S. Wade has been appointed chief test pilot; Mr. N. Duke, of Meteor High Speed Flight fame, has joined the Company as experimental test pilot. Buyers' and Representatives' Association SNATCH AND GRAB : A Dakota hooks a Hadrian glider from the ground at the Gatwick air pageant. As the hook engages with the cable attached to the glider, another cable pays out from a brake-loaded windlass in the Dakota. The poles holding the rope for pick-up can be seen falling apart. about a year ago theEngineer Buyers' and Representa- tives' Association has now completed thelaying of the foundations for the work which it intends to carry out, namelyto elevate and uphold the status of engi- neer buyers and representatives, to en-sure their fair and equitable treatment, and to make available to members con-tacts, information, ideas and sug- gestions which may prove helpfuljin their work. The offices of the Association are at 47, VictoriaStreet, London, S.W.i. Vampires Leave for U.S. '"PHE six Vampires of No. 54•*• Squadron, details of whose forthcoming visit to America ap-peared in Flight, July 8th, took off from Stornoway on Monday,July 12th, on the first leg of the transatlantic flight. They havebeen help up by strong head winds for over a week and when they leftwere accompanied by two Mos- quitoes and an A.S.R. Lancaster,the return visit of American Air Force Lockheed Shooting Starfighters to Britain has also been delayed and they will startwhen the Vampires arrive. Fatigue in Flying '"PHE medical problems of flying -*• were discussed at the B.M.A.'s annual conference at Cambridge, when papers were read to the Section ofOccupational Health by Professor Sir Frederic Bartlett, F.R.S., and AirMarshal Sir Harold Whittingham, K.C.B., K.B.E. Professor Bartlett spokeon fatigue on flying, saying that under present conditions, deterioration of air-crew skill due to fatigue, did set in within the time range of many normalflights. The chief signs of the onset of normal fatigue in aircrews were raggedtiming of operative movements, and a great prepossession with how the body isworking, feelings of discomfort becoming more and more prominent; passengers onair flights were said to suffer more from boredom than fatigue, but the objectiveeffects were much the same. Sir Harold Whittingham emphasized the import-ance of selection of aircrews and of the safety and comfort -of both crews andpassengers. Racing Driver's Air Crash.W HEN returning from the recentSwiss Grand Prix motor race in Berne, one of the British competitors,Duncan Hamilton, piloting a Proctor V crashed into a hillside between Basle andMulhouse. Both the occupants of the aircraft were unhurt, and after spendingthe night on the hilltop Mr. Hamilton was taken to Mulhouse by car and re-turned to England in an Air France machine. The Proctor flown by Mr.Hamilton, who served with the Fleet Air Al RCRE W CLUB JTTER, BITTE." Arm during the war, was fitted withlong-range tanks and made the outward flight from Blackbushe to Basle non-stop. Low cloud and bad visibility were contributary causes of the accident. Drink Charge DismissedA RECENT charge against AustralianNational Airways brought by the police for serving alcoholic drinks in theair without a licence, reported in Flight June 3rd, was dismissed by the magis-trate who allowed costs against the in- formant. This followed the sale of beerto detectives in an A.N.A. aircraft over the State of Victoria. The magistratedeclared that it was his opinion that the Commonwealth Government controlledthe whole field of air navigation and the State licensing authorities had thereforeno jurisdiction over an aircraft once it had left the ground. College of Aeronautics Diplomas '"THE following awards have been made -*• at the conclusion of the two-year course 1946-48 at the College of Aero- nautics. Specialisation is denoted in brackets: Diploma with Distinction: A. Lightbody, A. O. Ormerod, J. J. Spill- man (Aerodynamics) ; J. H. lunter-Tod, R. J. Rackham, V. A. B. Rogers, J. Sed- don, N. H. Wood, L. Wookey (Aircraft Design), W. E. Morris (Aircraft Propul- sion). Diploma: D. C. Bain, P. F. Crawley, F. T. Davies, D. H. Earle, E. G. Havard, E.' F. Lawlor, G. E. Preece, R. J. Ross, P. H. S. Wroe (Aerodynamics), H. B. Grant, R. A. Harrigs, R. S. Hooper, D. K. R. Hopkins, P. G. Mobsby, A. J. Monk, L. S. D. Mortey, L. W. Richards, M. R. A. Rizvi, P. A. L. Watson, A. A. J. Willitt (Aircraft Design), H.. Caplan, P. J. Cooper, P. K. Hick- man, W. S. Knowles, F. R. Spur- rier, A. Stone (Propulsion). Salvage Under DifficultiesA DIFFICULT salvage feat was recently carried out in the Southern Alps region of New Zealand when a Fox Moth from the Marlborough Aero Club, Blen- heim, slightly damaged on land- ing, was blown over a 150ft cliff. Scene of the accident was Bluff station, a sheep run situated some 3,900ft above sea-level, which, until an air strip was laid down there in 1947, used to be isolated for five months of the year. The
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